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Research into the human brain has exploded in recent years, and neuroscience has become a major program at many universities and a required course for a wide range of studies. Neuroscience For Dummies tracks to an introductory neuroscience class, giving you an understanding of the brain′s structure and function, as well as a look into the relationship between memory, learning, emotions, and the brain. Providing insight into the biology of mental illness and a glimpse at future treatments and applications of neuroscience, Neuroscience For Dummies is a fascinating read for students and general interest readers alike.

The brain holds the secrets to our personalities, our use of language, our love of music, and our memories. Neuroscience For Dummies looks at how this complex structure works, according to the most recent scientific discoveries, illustrated by helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes.

Helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes enhance material

The latest scientific discoveries are sprinkled throughout

Tracks to a typical introductory neuroscience class

From how the brain works to how you feel emotions, Neuroscience For Dummies offers a comprehensive overview of the fascinating study of the human brain.

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From the Back Cover

Get on the fast track to understanding neuroscience

The brain holds the secrets to how your body operates, your personality, your use of language, and your memories. Using the most recent scientific discoveries, Neuroscience For Dummies looks at how your brain and nervous system function and includes helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes. Investigating how your senses work, how you move, and how you think and feel, this friendly book is your straight–forward guide to the most complicated structure known in the universe.

Understand the essentials get acquainted with the central and peripheral nervous systems and investigate how neurons process and communicate signals

Get a feel for your senses discover how your brain processes the five senses and explore how these senses are sometimes impaired

Delve into intelligence, emotions, and consciousness consider the nature of intelligence, how your brain processes emotion, and whether consciousness can be measured

Look into lobes see how the brain′s structure enables it to perform countless functions simultaneously

Learn about learning look at what goes on in your brain as it learns and remembers, and examine learning and memory disorders

Probe plasticity grasp how your brain develops and modifies its circuits to adapt to changes

Open the book and find:

How your gender affects brain function

Why some people are more sensitive to pain than others

The secret behind optical illusions

What happens in your brain as you sleep

What constitutes intelligence and its different levels

How you can improve your learning

Organic causes of mental illnesses

Promising treatments for the future

Learn to:

Understand the brain′s structure and function

Get a handle on how the brain impacts memory, learning, and emotions

Grasp the applications of neuroscience

About the Author

Frank Amthor is a professor of Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he also holds secondary appointments in the UAB Medical School Department of Neurobiology, the School of Optometry, and the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering.

I bought this book for my daughter who's in the Y13 and taken psychology and biology and not sure what subjects going to take in the university. After she read this book she decided to take Neuroscience and psychology.

I'm a psychology undergraduate and my degree contains a lot of neuroscience and neuropsychology. If you want an easy to read, basic reference book then this is great for maybe first year students new to the subject. However I found it is a little too simplified overall and haven't used it much more than a quick flick-through.

However, this author should really restrict himself to neuroscience and refrain from commenting on psychology, as it is obvious from several dubious assertions and factual inaccuracies that his knowledge in this area is poor and several decades out of date.